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Washi Tape Pennant Lanterns

Washi Tape Pennant Lanterns

Dazzle guests on the cheap—and the quick—by transforming paper lanterns into showstopping fixtures with washi tape, a semitransparent decorative paper tape. First, mount strips of wide tape (38mm) onto white paper, then cut out triangles that are about 1 inch at their widest point. Press the "pennants" to a thinner strip of tape (15mm) to create bunting, and then wrap it around a lantern in a casual, overlapping pattern. (Lantern, from $3.50 for 12", pearlriver.com; washi tape, cutetape.com)